Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Now
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in Samaria
in
the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah
, and reigned twelve years.
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s
reign
over
Judah,
Jehoram
son
of
Ahab
became
king of Israel
, and he
reigned in
Samaria
twelve years.
He did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Yahweh
, but not like
his father ,
and like
his
mother ;
for
he put
away
the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
And
he did evil in the sight of the
LORD
, but not as
his father and mother had
done.
He removed
the sacred
pillar of Baal that his father had made.
Nevertheless he cleaved
to the sins of
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat ,
with
which
he
made
Israel to sin
; he didn't
depart
from it
.
Nevertheless ,
he clung
to the sins that
Jeroboam son of Nebat had
caused
Israel to commit
; he did
not
turn
away
from them
.
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep -master;
and he rendered
to the king of Israel the
wool
of
one
hundred thousand lambs ,
and of one
hundred thousand rams.
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder,
and he would
render
to the king of Israel a
hundred thousand lambs and the
wool
of a
hundred thousand rams.
But it
happened,
when
Ahab was
dead
, that
the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
But after
the
death
of
Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
King Jehoram went
out of
Samaria at
that
time,
and mustered
all Israel.
So
at
that
time
King Jehoram set
out from
Samaria and mobilized
all Israel.
He
went
and sent to Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah ,
saying,
The king of Moab has rebelled against me :
will you go with me against Moab to
battle
? He
said,
I will go up:
I am as
you are
, my people as
your people, my horses as
your horses.
And he
sent a
message
to Jehoshaphat king of Judah :
“
The king of Moab has rebelled against me .
Will you go with me to
fight
against Moab? ”
“
I will go ,”
replied
Jehoshaphat.
“
I am like
you, my people are
your people, and
my horses are
your horses. ”
He said
, Which way shall we go up? He
answered,
The
way of the wilderness
of Edom.
Then
he asked
, “
Which way shall we go up? ”
“By
way of the Desert
of Edom ,”
replied
Joram
.
So the king of Israel went
, and
the king of Judah, and the king of Edom ;
and they made
a circuit
of
seven days '
journey:
and
there
was
no water for the
host,
nor
for the
animals that
followed
them
.
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set
out,
and after
they had
traveled
a roundabout
route
for
seven days ,
they
had
no water for their
army
or
for their
animals.
The king of Israel said
, Alas!
for Yahweh
has called
these three kings together
to deliver them into the hand of Moab .
“Alas,”
said
the king of Israel, “
for the
LORD
has summoned
these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab !”
But Jehoshaphat said
, Isn't
there here
a
prophet of Yahweh,
that
we
may
inquire of Yahweh
by
him ?
One of the king of Israel's
servants
answered, Elisha the
son of Shaphat is here ,
who
poured
water on the hands of Elijah.
But Jehoshaphat asked
, “Is
there no
prophet of the
LORD
here?
Let
us
inquire of the
LORD
through
him .”
And
one of the servants
of
the
king of Israel
answered, “
Elisha son of Shaphat is here .
He
used
to
pour
water on the hands of Elijah. ”
Jehoshaphat said
, The word of Yahweh
is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
Jehoshaphat affirmed
, “
The word of the
LORD
is with him. ”
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I
to do with you
? get
you
to the prophets of your father ,
and to
the
prophets
of your mother .
The king of Israel said
to
him
, No;
for Yahweh
has called
these three kings together
to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Elisha ,
however,
said to the king of Israel, “
What have we
to do with each
other
? Go
to the prophets of your father and of your mother !”
“No,”
replied
the king of Israel, “
for it
is
the
LORD
who
has summoned
these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab. ”
Elisha said, As Yahweh
of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely,
were it not that
I
regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah, I would not look toward
you ,
nor
see
you.
Then
Elisha said, “
As surely
as
the
LORD
of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for
my
regard for
the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at
you or
acknowledge
you.
But now bring me a minstrel
. It
happened,
when
the minstrel
played, that
the hand of Yahweh
came on
him.
But now ,
bring me a harpist
. ”
And
while
the harpist
played, the hand of the
LORD
came upon
Elisha
He said, Thus
says Yahweh,
Make
this valley full of trenches
.
and
he said, “This
is
what
the
LORD
says :
‘Dig
this valley full of ditches
. ’
For thus
says Yahweh
, You shall
not see wind ,
neither
shall
you
see
rain ;
yet
that
valley shall
be filled with water, and you shall
drink ,
both
you and your cattle and your animals.
For the
LORD
says, ‘
You will
not see wind or
rain ,
but
the
valley will
be filled with water, and you will
drink —
you and your cattle and your animals. ’
This is but
a light
thing
in the sight of Yahweh:
he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
This is a simple
matter
in the sight of the
LORD,
and
He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
You shall strike
every fortified city ,
and every choice
city ,
and
shall fell
every good tree, and
stop all
springs
of
water
, and mar
every good piece
of
land
with stones.
And
you shall attack
every fortified city and every city of
importance.
You
shall cut
down
every good tree, stop up
every
spring
, and ruin
every good field
with stones. ”
It
happened
in
the morning, about
the time of offering
the offering,
that
behold
, there
came
water by
the way
of Edom ,
and the
country
was
filled with
water
.
The next
morning, at
the time of the morning
sacrifice
, water suddenly
flowed
from
the direction
of Edom and filled the
land
.
Now when
all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them ,
they
gathered
themselves
together,
all who were
able
to
put
on
armor
, and upward
, and stood
on
the border.
Now all the Moabites had
heard that the kings had come up to fight against them .
So
all who could
bear
arms
, young
and old
, were
summoned
and stationed
at
the border.
They rose
up early in the morning, and
the sun shone
on the water, and the
Moabites
saw
the
water
over
against
them
as red as blood :
When
they got
up early in the morning, the sun was
shining
on the water, and it
looked
as red as blood to
the
Moabites
across
the
way.
and
they
said,
This is blood ;
the kings are
surely
destroyed,
and
they
have struck
each
man
his
fellow:
now therefore,
Moab,
to the spoil.
“
This is blood !”
they
exclaimed.
“
The kings have clashed
swords
and
slaughtered
one
another.
Now to the plunder,
Moab!”
When they
came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck
the
Moabites
, so
that
they fled before them ;
and
they
went
forward
into
the land smiting
the Moabites.
But
when the
Moabites
came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked
them
, and
they fled before them .
So
the Israelites
invaded
their
land and
struck
down
the Moabites.
They beat
down
the cities ;
and on every good piece
of
land
they
cast
every
man
his
stone,
and
filled
it ;
and
they stopped all
the
springs
of
water,
and felled
all
the
good trees,
until
in
Kir
Hareseth
[
only ]
they
left the
stones of
it;
however
the
men armed
with slings went
about
it ,
and struck
it.
They destroyed
the cities ,
and each
man
threw
stones
on every good field
until
it was
covered.
They stopped up
every
spring
and cut
down
every
good tree.
Only Kir-haraseth
was
left with
stones in
place,
but
men with slings surrounded
it and attacked
it as
well
.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe
for him, he took with him seven hundred men
who
drew
sword,
to break through to the king of Edom ;
but they could not.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce
for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen
to break through to the king of Edom ,
but they could not prevail
.
Then
he took his eldest
son who would
have
reigned
in
his
place
, and offered him for
a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath
against Israel:
and
they
departed
from
him
, and returned to their own land.
So
he took his firstborn
son ,
who was
to
succeed
him
, and offered him as
a burnt offering on the city
wall. And
there was great fury
against the
Israelites
, so
they
withdrew
and returned to their own land.
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